Genetics and Complex Diseases

Assistant/Associate Professors

The Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases (GCD) at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) seeks candidates for the position of assistant or associate professor.  This is a tenure-ladder position, with the academic rank to be determined in accordance with the successful candidate’s experience and productivity.

Successful applicants will hold a PhD and/or MD degree and will have a record of outstanding productivity.  Individuals are sought particularly in the following areas to complement the existing research and training goals of the department: signal transduction related to energy and nutrient sensing pathways, regulation of metabolic homeostasis, inflammatory and stress response pathways related to chronic metabolic diseases and aging, cancer metabolism, and genetic and epigenetic approaches to study metabolism.  Programs that utilize mass spectroscopy platforms for high resolution approaches as well as those individuals using systems and/or computational approaches applied at a mechanistic level to problems of metabolic homeostasis and gene-environment interactions and/or adaptive responses are also encouraged to apply.  The candidate should possess the ability to work collaboratively with other scientists and the scholarly qualities required to mentor doctoral students in the graduate program in the Division of Biological Sciences.  Generous start-up packages and state-of-the-art research facilities are available.

Please apply to:https://academicpositions.harvard.edu

For questions, please contact:

Marjorie Tatum

Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases

gcddept@hsph.harvard.edu

 

The Harvard School of Public Health is committed to increasing the representation of women and minority members among its faculty, and encourages applications from such candidates.